Snap CEO Evan Spiegel is doubling down on the app redesign after growing backlash. Speaking at a Goldman Sachs internet and tech conference, he said the widespread criticism validates Snapchat's mission.
Shake Shack has big plans for 2018. The company announcing plans to open 32-35 new locations this year. It's the burger chain's biggest expansion yet. Shake Shack says its revenue jumped 31% last quarter tprice hike at restaurants nationwide.o $96 million.. But it expects sales to be flat this year because of a small.
Miso Robotics, the firm behind automated burger-flipper, "Flippy," closing a $10 millions Series B funding round. They'll use the cash to perfect Flippy's mechanics and distribution potential.
John Quelch, Dean of Miami Herbert Business School, joins Cheddar News' Closing Bell, where he says the retail giant is acting in accordance to President Biden's new law banning goods from China's Xinjiang region. Quelch also elaborates on the importance of China in Walmart's overall strategy.
Cheddar's Chloe Aiello has our cannabis year-in-review, breaking down how several states legalized adult recreational use and greenlit medicinal use in 2021. She noted that while a cannabis legalization and decriminalization bill was introduced in Congress this year, potential FDA involvement in the industry, as well as a 25 percent excise tax, killed any chance the bill had of moving forward. Aiello also speculated that some form of cannabis reform could be rolled out in 2022, as the midterm elections draw closer.
Jim Worden, Chief Investment Officer at Wealth Consulting Group, joins Cheddar News' Closing Bell, where he says the period between Christmas and New Year's is difficult to predict due to a lack of institutional volume, with the Omicron variant adding even more uncertainty on Wall Street.
Prices at the pump this year reached a seven-year high, and a new forecast from GasBuddy shared with CNN predicts that gas prices will only continue to rise in 2022 and that the national average could even reach $4.00 a gallon; however, analysts at GasBuddy say anything could happen when it comes to gas prices in the future, as the pandemic has made it difficult to make any predictions about the economy. Consumer Energy Alliance federal policy advisor Michael Zehr joins Cheddar News' Closing Bell to discuss.
